Table-pad



`W. H. NIEDERLUECKE.

TABLE PAD.

Patented Aug.' 30, 1921.

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W. H. NIEDERLUECKE.

TABLE PAD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE II, 1921 1,.' .89,567',I l ranIedAug. 30,1921.-

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` UNITED STATES WILLIAM H. NIEDERLUECKE, or sT. LOUIS, MIs'soURI.

TABLE-PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3o', 19,21'.

Application filed June 11, 1921. Serial No, 476,72.

To all whom it may concern L' Be itV known that I, WILLIAM H. NIEDER- LUEoKn, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at city of St. Louis andState of Mis-k souri, have invented new and usefulV Improvernents in.Table-Pads, of which the following is a speciiication.

My present invention pertains tops of the foldable type.

One object of the invention is the provision of a table pad susceptible of being eX- peditiously and easily folded into small compass.

Another object is the provision of a table pad embodying hinges that are, at once, simple and inexpensive and capable of withstanding considerable use.

Another object is the provision of an inexpensive table pad possessed of the capacity of preventing the transmission of heat from dishes to a fine table top.

Another object is the provision of a pad possessed of the capacity ofc'ushioning and rendering noiseless the movement of dishes on a table as well as to protect a line table top against scratching or other injury.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in thev improvement as hereinafter` described and definitely claimed.

In theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specilicatioiu- Figure l is a top plan view showing my novel pad as open. l

Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an edge elevation of the pad as secured in open state.

Fig. 4 .is an edge elevation of the pad as secured in folded state.

Figs. 5 and 6 are enlarged detail sections on the lines 5-5 and `(56, respectively, of Fig. l.

Fig. 7 is a perspective of one of the wire Vto table i hinge members.

Fig. 8 is a perspective of the U-shaped holder member for retaining the pad in open state and also in closed state, Figs. 3 and 4.

Similar numerals designate correspondingr parts in all of the views of the drawings.

Among other elements my novel table pad comprises three U-shaped hinge members l. Each of these members l is formed of a single piece of Wire and includes a longitudinal portion and end arms 2, as best shown in Fig. 7.

The pad also comprises a U-'shaped holder member 3 best shown in Figs. l, 3, 4 and 8.

The said holder member 3 is also formedfby` preference of wire in general U-shape, and itslegs 4 are adapted to be sheathed in complementary sockets 5f and 6 in edges of the pad sections as shown in F igs.- 3 and 4; the holder member when used as 'shown irri-Fig. 3 serving tof maintain the pad in a flat state, and when used as shown in Fig. 4 to retain a pad in a compact folded statefor convenient disposition or'for storage or shipment.

`The pad comprises four sections 7 which may be of rectangular form as shown er of any other configuration compatible with the purpose of my invention without involving departure from the scope of the same as claimed. Each of the said sections 7 includes spaced walls 8 of pasteboard, a iller 9 of corrugated pasteboard, Figs. 5 and 6, and edge binding portions .l0 of thin textile material connected by adhesive or other appropriate means to the pasteboard walls By particular reference to Fig. l it will be noted that two flexible connecting strips ll, preferably of thin textile material are used to hingedly connect the opposed edges of the sections 7 in the two pair of sections 7 illustrated, and by particular reference to Fig. 2 it will be observed that similar strips l2 are used to hingedly connect the opposed edges of the sections in the pads; the strips l2 being disposed at right angles to the strips 1l so as to permit of the pad being folded in two directions into the compact bundle shown in Fig. 4, and the strips l1 and l2 being connected to the sections 7 by adhesive or other appropriate means. In the described hinging of the sections 7 the strips 11 and l2 are associated by the before described hinge members l, relatively arranged as shown in Fig. 2; each of the said members l having its arms 2 socketed in one ofthe sections 7 as shown by dotted lines in Figs. l and 2, and also having its longitudinal portion arranged in a barrel 13, F ig. 5, and formed of a strip of material that straddles the adjacent edge of the opposed section 7 and is connected thereto by adhesive or other appropriate means.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that notwithstanding itscapacity in serving the purpcses ascribed te it, my novel padis adapted to be inexpensively and easily produced without the employment of expensive machinery so that the pad can be sold with profit for a small price.

l have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exact understandf ing of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to the said specific construction and relative arrangement of parts inasmuch as in the future practice of the invention vaA rions changes and modications may be made such as fall Within the scope of my invention as defined in my appended claims.

Having described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

l. A oldable table pad comprising sections, U-shaped hinge members and exible strips liingedly connecting the said sections, said U-shaped members having arms socketed in the edge portions of sections, and

barrels connected to the opposed edges of other sections and receiving the longitudinal portions of theU-shaped members.

2. A oldable table pad comprising sections, U-shaped hinge members and flexible strips hingedly connecting the said sections, said Ulshaped members having arms socketed in the edge portions of sections, and barrels connected to the opposed edges of other sections and receiving the longitudinal portions of the U-sliaped members, said sections having sockets in their edges, in combination with a U-shaped holder member having legs to be arranged in said sockets to retain the pad in an open state and in a folded state, alternately.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM H. NIEDERLUECKE, 

